“And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam” (1 Samuel 21:19)
The third giant that attacked David, his name is not mentioned. The Bible only tells us that his staff or the handle of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. Do you know how long that stick is?, people who weave clothes use one or two sticks to weave. The Bible says the place where this giant holds to throw the spear is the length of a weaver’s beam. The average weaver’s beam would be between four and five feet long. In other words the handle or the portion of the spear where this giant holds to throw it is as long as a person who is 5 feet tall. Now, if the portion that he holds/grabs is that length imagine how huge the giant was.
This giant is called a giant of destruction, anything he meets he destroys. There is no way , humanly speaking, by which you can fight this giant. How do you fight this kind of man? Battle with this kind is hopeless. It is a spirit of destruction. That is a key attribute of the Devil, the Bible says in john 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:..”
I want you to look at the life of Job, the Bible say thieves came and stole some of his property. In a few day fire came and burnt the remaining of his property. In another few days his children gathered together in a house and a strong wind came and collapsed the house from the four corners of the building. This is the hand work of the spirit of destruction, suddenly Job woke up one morning and he had boils from his head to his toes to destroy his body. His wife looked at him and said “Job curse god and die”. Friends looked at him and said “Job you are a sinner”. Frustration, what is the purpose of frustration but to destroy. Why do you think people commit suicide? They commit suicide out of frustration!
When you look at yourself and your situation, do you see hope? Are you so fed up as to say that it is better to die than to live? Do not give in to the spirit of destruction, you are bigger than this giant. Do not allow his size, the size of your problems to over shadow you for God is on your side; power is on your side. Today you will not die. There is a mightier power than the destroyer, Jesus the son of the living God. He will take over the life of the giant. Still on John 10:10, Jesus “came that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly”. There is power to destroy the giant. The God whom you serve is the same yesterday, he is the same today, and He will kill the giant.
PRAYER: In the name Resurrected name of Jesus, I declare you spirit of destruction hovering round my life, job, business and destiny. I destroy you in the name of Jesus. I speak life into my life, life into my job and finances. I can never be shaken.
FURTHER READING: Micah 5:4; John 10
WORDS OF WISDOM: You are Bigger than the giant of destruction more than you can imagine.
Eagles Devotional is a daily revelatory and inspirational Publication by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the founder and presiding Pastor of Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, Nigeria.
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